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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

New Release: The Hammer by K. J. Parker

For fantasy fans looking for something new, K. J. Parker has one that's just come out: The Hammer.

It's one of those pricey $9.99 ebooks (I won't go into my rant about ebooks that cost more than paperbacks today), but if you're a fan of the author, you'll probably pony up the bucks.

Gignomai is the youngest brother in the current generation of met'Oc, a once-noble family exiled on an island for their role in a vaguely remembered civil war.

On this island, a colony was founded seventy years ago. The plan was originally for the colonists to mine silver, but there turned out not to be any.

Now, an uneasy peace exists on the island, between the colonists and the met'Oc. The met'Oc are tolerated, in spite of occasional cattle stealing raids, since they alone possess the weapons considered necessary protection against the island's savages.

Gignomai is about to discover exactly what it is expected of him, and what it means to defy his family. He is the hammer who will provide the spark that will ignite a brutal and bloody war. 


Since my post on 99-cent Steampunk ebooks post was quite popular, I'll do another one on more affordable kindle finds soon. 

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